Five reach finals at Middlebury Invitational

Sep 12, 2010

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- The Brandeis men's tennis team had a fine
showing at the 2010 Middlebury College Invitational. The Judges
sent fives players to the finals of their flights, with one other
semifinalist.

In singles competition, sophomore Steven Milo
(Woodbury, N.Y./Syosset) had the deepest run, making it to the
finals of the C singles competition. Milo topped foes from Vassar
(6-3, 6-3), host Middlebury (1-6, 6-4, 10-2 in a super tie-breaker)
and Skidmore (6-2, 6-3) before falling to another Panther player,
6-2, 6-1 in the finals.

Senior Simon Miller (Plantation,
Fla./Plantation) had the best all-around tournament, reaching the B
singles semifinals. After a win over an opponent from Skidmore
(6-2, 6-1), Miller had back-to-back matches against host Middlebury
that went to a third-set super-tiebreaker. Miller earned a 6-4,
1-6, 10-6 win in the quarterfinals, but fell in the semis, 6-3,
1-6, 9-11. Miller also reached the finals of the A doubles draw
along with classmate Nick White (Wellesley,
Mass./Wellesley). They rolled past a duo from Bates, 8-2, in the
opener, before taking matches from Middlebury, 8-4, and 8-3. In the
title match, the Ithaca College team of Rifkin and Newton
prevailed, 8-6.

In the B doubles draw, senior Ezra Bernstein
(Buffalo, N.Y./City Honors School) and sophomore Fred
Rozenshteyn (Fair Lawn, N.J./Fair Lawn) also reached the
finals. They also faced a number of host Middlebury players,
winning 8-5 in the first round, surviving a 9-7 match against
Trinity in the quarters and taking an 8-6 win over two more
Panthers in the semis. Bernstein and Rozenshteyn's run came to an
end, 8-3, in the finals against Middlebury's Parower and
Oberrender.